John King

John (or Johnny) King may refer to:

Politics

• John King, 1st Baron Kingston (died 1676), Irish peer
• John King, 3rd Baron Kingston (c. 1664–1728), Irish peer
• John King, 2nd Baron King (1706–1740), English MP and peer
• John King (New York congressman) (1775–1836), United States Representative from New York
• John A. King (1788–1867), Governor of New York, 1857–1859
• John Pendleton King (1799–1888), United States Senator from Georgia
• John Warwick King (1856–1927), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario
• John M. King, member of the 6th South Dakota State Senate in 1899
• John W. King (1918–1996), Governor of New Hampshire, 1963–1969
• John Rhodes King, member of the sixth (1855) and eleventh (1866) Texas Legislatures
• John M. King, candidate in the Colorado United States Senate election, 1974 won by Gary Hart
• J. Floyd King (1842–1915), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• John Francis King (1926–1998), mayor of Galway, 1978–1979

Entertainment

• John 'Dusty' King (1909–1987), American actor
• John Reed King (1914–1979), American radio and TV gameshow host
• John Michael King (1926–2008), American actor
• John King, lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter
• John King (Canadian musician), Canadian guitarist, also known as Papa John King; longtime associate of Long John Baldry
• John King (producer), American music producer, also known as King Gizmo; one of the Dust Brothers
• John King (ukulelist) (1953–2009), American ukulele player

Sports

• John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach prior to George Bohler in 1925
• Johnny King (footballer born 1926) (1926–2010), English-born footballer who played for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final
• Johnny King (footballer born 1932), English-born footballer who played for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 60s
• John King (footballer born 1933) (1933–1982), Welsh international football goalkeeper who played for Swansea
• John King (footballer born 1938), English-born football wing half with Tranmere and Port Vale, who later managed Tranmere
• Johnny King (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer
• John King (athlete) (born 1963), English long jumper
• Johnny King (boxer), English boxer
• John King (cricketer) (1871–1946), English cricketer
• Bart King (1873–1965), American cricketer, real name John Barton King
• John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of John King, the English cricketer
• John Paul King (born 1982), Irish hurler
• Johnny King (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer
• John King (English rugby union), England international rugby union player of the 1910s
• John King (Scottish rugby player), Scottish international rugby union player of the 1950s

Religion

• John King (bishop) (died 1621), English clergyman, Bishop of London, 1611–1621
• John King (Rector of Chelsea) (1652–1732), English clergyman
• John King (Master of Charterhouse) (c. 1655–1737), English clergyman and headmaster
• John Henry King (1880–1965), English Roman Catholic bishop of Portsmouth

Other people

• John King (pirate) (died 1717), juvenile pirate in the crew of "Black Sam" Bellamy, the youngest pirate on record
• John King (explorer) (1838–1872), Irish soldier and member of the Burke and Wills expedition in Australia
• John King (Medal of Honor) (1865–1938), Irish-born United States Navy chief petty officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor twice
• John Daniel King (1904–1982), American architect
• John King (journalist) (born 1963), American journalist for CNN
• John King, Baron King of Wartnaby (1917–2005), English businessman, chairman of British Airways, 1981–1993, who led it through privatisation
• John King (author) (born 1960), English author of novels such as The Football Factory
• John King (Eureka) (1830–1881), police constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion
• John Crookshanks King (1806–1882), Scotland-born sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts
• John Herbert King, British Foreign Office cypher clerk and spy
• John King, American murderer of James Byrd, Jr. in 1998
• John R. King, from List of authors of new Sherlock Holmes stories
• John R. King, author of the Gaslamp fantasy "The Shadow of Reichenbah Falls"
• John Michael King (1926–2008), US actor
• John Mark King, leader of St. James-Bond Church (1863–1883), latterly the Principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg
• John Musgrave King, who had his M.B.E revoked in 1952
• John G King (physicist) (born 1925), retired experimental physicist at MIT

Other things

• USS John King (DDG-3), United States Navy Guided Missile Destroyer, named for the Medal of Honor recipient
• John A. King House, historic house in Lake Butler, Florida
• John King (spirit), spirit whom several 19th-century mediums claimed to channel
• John King (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe

See also

• Jack King (disambiguation)
• Jon King (born 1954), musician
• Jonathan King (disambiguation)
• John Dashwood-King (disambiguation)